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Let's hope someone buys it & turns it back into a small hotel, it is in lovely spot, surely there is a limit to the number of condos that an arrea can take. Maybe the "credit crunch" will do us a favour in one way & curtail some of this building.Has anything much happened to Sandridge,which in case anyone does,'t know is virtually next door (next door up here is about quarter of a mile away!)

As I recall the KBH was originally owned by a Swiss guy who used to visit at Xmas when we were usually there, Mathieson who as far as I recall owned the Coco Banana where the Chinese is now & had some involvement with KBH as well is the person who disappeared after some sort of fraud activity. I have seen him about over the years I think. I never knew the Fletchers but 'Chappie' always reckoned there weren't on the plane. KBH has that Spanish look with those red tiles on the roof.

Sue W ..it was nothing special there, just a 3/4*(at a push!) This is why I get so aware of what people say when they reccommend certain hotels. WE liked it mainly because of it's location & if you go anywhere enough the staff get to know you & treat you better, this does NOT make it the best place to stay & I was always careful to avoid giving this impression to others. It was however a good place for us, beautiful natural beach that could be walked for miles in both directions, beach service fior drinks , good food if we wanted it & low key entertainment. Had we not stayed there though I feel we would probably missed out on a very special part of the island.

Sandridge was much the same really except for if you ensured you got the right room it was better but if you just got ''run of the house'' is wasn't..it really wasn't! Now both are gone I am at a loss where to stay should Mrs.JTD decide to fly long haul again. It has to be a hotel if we go on our own we annoy each other too much alone.

Well.. we need other people to mix with, we feel if we go on holiday & stay in a villa or something we may get isolated but a place with a bar gives a focal point. We are not the sort who think a hotel is just a place to sleep it is the base of our holiday that is why we are so careful in choosing the right one or even the right room.

Today...NOT ONE PERSON opened up the bid on Friday at the auction for the King's Beach Hotel.



Despite the number of attendees and lawyers who showed up at Yearwood & Boyce Law Offices at No. 14 James Street, the City, there were awkward minutes of silence after George Denis Clarke explained that the initial bid must be no less than $50 million for the Road View, St Peter property.

"I will have to report to the bank that there was a gathering but no one was interested in purchasing the property and then take the Bank's further instructions," Clarke said to those gathered in the boardroom.

In 2006, managing director Martin Richards tried to sell the property for $20-plus million to a development group from Gurnsey, out of the Channel Islands, which was supposed to build 50 multi-million dollar condominiums on the spot.

However, that sale was halted after a receiver stepped in. Friday was the third time the unoccupied hotel was up for sale. (TM)